This is from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum
On March 30, 1928, the first NCAA Wrestling tournament began in Ames, Iowa, hosted by Iowa State Wrestling.
The tournament was described as the “Individual Wrestling Championships and Preliminary Tryouts for the Olympic Team.” The tournament came about partly as the result of an ongoing battle between the NCAA and the AAU for management of amateur athletics in the United States.
ORDER 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘈 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, a “must have” for every college wrestling fan that allows readers to experience and relive the glory of college wrestling through stunning photographs and timeless stories -> https://www.ebay.com/itm/133176188363
SEE the complete results -> https://nwhof.org/NCAA-Brackets/PDF/NCAA%201928.pdf
There would be no team championship. The prevailing faction argued that the meet should be restricted to conference champions to determine a true national champion of champions. A team race would detract from the individual championships and the team races of the different conferences. It would not be until 1934 that team scoring would become an integral part of the championships.
A total of 15 schools entered 40 wrestlers. Although the tournament was a tryout for the Olympic team, the seven collegiate weights were used.
Iowa State Athletics and Oklahoma State Wrestling were the only schools to enter contestants in all seven weight classes.
No school from the East sent any wrestlers, although Billy Sheridan, head coach of Lehigh Wrestling, was in attendance and refereed all of the bouts.
Texas Longhorns made their only appearance in the tournament by entering one wrestler, Ralph Hammonds, at 175 pounds.
Harold DeMarsh of Oklahoma State became the first-ever individual NCAA wrestling champion when he defeated Harold Higgins of Iowa State with 3:10 of time advantage at 115 pounds.
Oklahoma State had five finalists and crowned four champions: DeMarsh, Melvin Clodfelter at 145 pounds, George Rule at 175 pounds and Earl McCready at heavyweight. McCready won his finals match by fall in 19 seconds, still a record for an NCAA meet held under collegiate rules. The Cowboys were declared the unofficial team champion of the tournament.
McCready wrestled in the NCAA tournament in 1929 and 1930, and won the championship each year, thus becoming the first three-time champion in collegiate history.
READ more about Earl, a Distinguished Member inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1977 and into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum's George Tragos/Lou Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005 -> http://bit.ly/3aljkky #LegendsLiveOn
Iowa State had three finalists and one champion, Art Holding at 135 pounds. Art was inducted into the Dan Gable Museum’s Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa in 2016. READ more about Art -> http://bit.ly/2moLtCY
Other champions were Ralph Lupton of Northwestern Wrestling at 125 pounds and Leslie Beers of Iowa Wrestling at 158 pounds.
#AnyBODYCanWrestle #thisiswhatawrestlerlookslike #SportForAll #GirlsWrestle #GrowTheSport
You can be whatever you desire in this sport because wrestling truly is for everyone!
On March 30, 1928, the first NCAA Wrestling tournament began in Ames, Iowa, hosted by Iowa State Wrestling.
The tournament was described as the “Individual Wrestling Championships and Preliminary Tryouts for the Olympic Team.” The tournament came about partly as the result of an ongoing battle between the NCAA and the AAU for management of amateur athletics in the United States.
ORDER 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘞𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 – 𝘈 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘌𝘹𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, a “must have” for every college wrestling fan that allows readers to experience and relive the glory of college wrestling through stunning photographs and timeless stories -> https://www.ebay.com/itm/133176188363
SEE the complete results -> https://nwhof.org/NCAA-Brackets/PDF/NCAA%201928.pdf
There would be no team championship. The prevailing faction argued that the meet should be restricted to conference champions to determine a true national champion of champions. A team race would detract from the individual championships and the team races of the different conferences. It would not be until 1934 that team scoring would become an integral part of the championships.
A total of 15 schools entered 40 wrestlers. Although the tournament was a tryout for the Olympic team, the seven collegiate weights were used.
Iowa State Athletics and Oklahoma State Wrestling were the only schools to enter contestants in all seven weight classes.
No school from the East sent any wrestlers, although Billy Sheridan, head coach of Lehigh Wrestling, was in attendance and refereed all of the bouts.
Texas Longhorns made their only appearance in the tournament by entering one wrestler, Ralph Hammonds, at 175 pounds.
Harold DeMarsh of Oklahoma State became the first-ever individual NCAA wrestling champion when he defeated Harold Higgins of Iowa State with 3:10 of time advantage at 115 pounds.
Oklahoma State had five finalists and crowned four champions: DeMarsh, Melvin Clodfelter at 145 pounds, George Rule at 175 pounds and Earl McCready at heavyweight. McCready won his finals match by fall in 19 seconds, still a record for an NCAA meet held under collegiate rules. The Cowboys were declared the unofficial team champion of the tournament.
McCready wrestled in the NCAA tournament in 1929 and 1930, and won the championship each year, thus becoming the first three-time champion in collegiate history.
READ more about Earl, a Distinguished Member inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1977 and into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame Dan Gable Museum's George Tragos/Lou Thesz Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005 -> http://bit.ly/3aljkky #LegendsLiveOn
Iowa State had three finalists and one champion, Art Holding at 135 pounds. Art was inducted into the Dan Gable Museum’s Glen Brand Wrestling Hall of Fame of Iowa in 2016. READ more about Art -> http://bit.ly/2moLtCY
Other champions were Ralph Lupton of Northwestern Wrestling at 125 pounds and Leslie Beers of Iowa Wrestling at 158 pounds.
#AnyBODYCanWrestle #thisiswhatawrestlerlookslike #SportForAll #GirlsWrestle #GrowTheSport
You can be whatever you desire in this sport because wrestling truly is for everyone!
